The Foolish People Run Away, Chiricahua Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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Linguistic Notes by Harry Hoijer
1. łíͅbich'iͅiͅdahinndilná'a 'they came to them on horseback'. 3rd person perf. of łíͅ-0ch'iͅiͅ-dah-di- |...[ni- perf.]- ndííł 'several come to someone on horses' [act. intr.]. łíͅ 'horses'; ch'iͅiͅ 'toward' dah-di- | 'upward'. In the 3rd person of the ni- perf. di- becomes n-.
2. hanádaas'áná'a 'there were hills here and there'. hanádaas'á 'rolling country' probably ha- 'out'; ná- 'again and again'; daa- distrib.; and the si- perf.neut. of -'á 'a rigid object lies'.
3. hanandaagoosteelná'a 'between were flat places', hanan 'across' plus daa-go- ...-teel 'several places are broad, flat' [si- perf. neut. intr.]. daa- distrib.; go- place subject.
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